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[quote=Anonymous]I can only speculate about what is happening. I view this as a kick in the pants to the districts to plan for returning kids to in-person school, starting with smaller groups of students and leading up to K-8, which is the Biden Administration priority. If some return doesn't happen in the Spring, returning in the fall will be even more difficult.

I've gone back and forth in my mind about school reopening and certainly don't want teachers to feel that they are risking their lives if they return to school buildings. However, the messaging and demands from teachers' union representatives has not been in good faith. It is easy to shoot down every proposal, but much more difficult to come to the table with specific demands for a safe return to school. That's what we need. Those in charge keep kicking the can down the road to the point where parents have started thinking that in person school might not be a possibility for next year or even the year after that.

I disagree with the Gov. about vaccinations. When we are this close to getting teachers vaccinated, why should they be forced to return to school buildings before they have the benefit of this protection? The problem, though, is that after teachers have been prioritized and vaccinated, we hear that they can't return because their kids, or family members aren't vaccinated, meaning that there can be no in person school until every member of the community has been vaccinated.  A decision needs to be made with input from public health authorities about whether schools remain shut down until everyone who wants a vaccination has one, including children, or whether there is some point before that when the harm caused by keeping schools closed outweighs the risk of reopening. If the answer is the former, then perhaps more innovative solutions are needed for the education delivery model.

A big problem can't be solved at once. I agree with the PPs who said that we need to start small, with special needs or other small groups, and work from there. [/quote]

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